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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
5
Lizzie Morse of Natick shot and killed Lewis Perry after a confrontation at the Morse home. Perry and Arnold Stappen forced entry, smashed windows, and Perry allegedly assaulted women before Morse fired four shots. Stappen was jailed. Morse held for a hearing next morning.
Boston December 21 Joshua T. Jones a colored barber living with a woman claiming to be his wife at 94 Village street is involved in a shooting. The woman identified as Lida Jones is alleged to be Jones’s wife and faces charges connected to the crime.
This afternoon a man was shot in the breast by his wife after she was driven from their home during a heated dispute. She reentered, obtained a revolver, and fired from the backyard through a window as Jones entered the room. He was taken to the hospital. his condition is unknown and pending morning action.
A Boston gathering marked the second Mitchell Boys School association reunion at the United States hotel with a banquet, toasts, and reminiscences dating from the 1880s to 1890s. Attendees included C. Bates Dana, R. P. Waters, A. H. Craig, M. Ginn, S. H. Parker, C. Packard, and many others sharing schooltime anecdotes and experiences.
A young woman about 25 died after taking carbolic acid on a Boston street near City Hospital. She was brought in by two men, died within hours, and no relatives or identifying details were found. The body rests in the hospital morgue as officials seek contacts.
In Fall River on December 21 the Spinners union, at a special meeting, voted to sustain the textile council's decision to strike all operatives in mills with night or overtime running. The council seeks a legal ruling on night work. Osborn and Granite mills will end overtime after this week while Arkwright, with 2300 workers, will continue nights and Saturdays in all departments. The textile order takes effect Tuesday morning amid anticipated developments.
Albert Von Wagener, manager of the Consolidated Goodyear Lasting Machine Co, died in an Essex Street Ludlow building elevator accident. His clothing caught in the shaft as he descended, crushing him against the wall. He was taken to the emergency hospital but died shortly after. He left a wife a daughter and a son.
A public appeal extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments and a path to motherhood. It cites a Parma, Pennsylvania testimony claiming uterine trouble resolved after use, leading to childbirth and improved health. The ad stresses no alcohol or narcotics and markets the product as a temperance medicine.
Boston police investigate the sudden death of 60 year old George Cordner at 329 Borden Street East Boston found on the kitchen floor with a blood clot under his head. He had been drinking, was seen at a bar with an unknown man last night, and a note from his wife cited marital troubles. The medical examiner will determine cause of death as investigators search for the unidentified man who accompanied Cordner.
Boston December 21 An attempted suicide by a prisoner walking from the courtroom to the city prison ended when he leaped head first over a railing from a stairway to a corridor 20 feet below. John Trainor arrested yesterday in South End for drunkenness and sentenced to six months on the island, declined his sentence saying he would not serve it. He was found unconscious at once. police note multiple prior arrests.
Elton I Franklin head of E I Franklin & Co jewelry firm died at home in North Attleboro born 1847. He built the family business in 1874 and married Anne Goodwin in 1870. He owned fast horses with W W Sherman and ran a Vermont stock farm. two children survive. He served on local boards and was a prominent Mason.
Boston, Dec 21. Fishing schooner Horace B Parker arrives at the wharf with Henry Lucas aboard. Lucas, a Gloucester Oceanic crew member, wandered from his vessel in darkness Tuesday and drifted twelve hours in an open dory before a Boston pilot boat rescued him. He suffered exposure but was nourished and recovered aboard.
The First Church of Plymouth celebrated Forefather's Day by dedicating a new Weymouth granite and Ohio sandstone church costing about 76000 dollars. The landmark structure replaces the 1892 fire ruin and honors Pilgrim founders with a bronze tablet. notables from Unitarian circles attended including Governor Roger Wolcott and Harvard figures. The 500-seat Norman architecture edifice features a pink and gray marble memorial vestibule and mosaic ceiling, with design echoes of Scrooby meetinghouse.
Mrs. Mary EB Hutchinson of Lynn learns through counsel Hurlburt and McCarty that the divorce granted to her husband two years ago under Oklahoma law has been annulled. The inventor, famed for a match-making machine, remarried after the decree and faces possible dissolution of that marriage. Hutchinson now lives with her father at 113 Franklin Street, Lynn.
Two civil cases of local interest were tried before Judge Stone. Plaintiffs Marcgs LeBlanc and Alice Blanchette sue Lowell, Lawrence & Merhill Street Railway Co for $1900 each. LeBlanc seeks damages for loss of a furniture wagon and two horses, Blanchette for personal injuries from a West Newbury collision with an electric car on Oct. 28.
Chelsea reports Chiapine Tornizo nearly killed when trench walls caved in on Hooper street during afternoon work. Cambridge notes James Lawrence elected junior crew captain, a senior class president and football right tackle. Short quip about mistaken gas shop misdirection ends the excerpt.
In Troy New York Spike Sullivan defeated Martin Flaherty of Lowell in 20 rounds at the Manhattan A C Sullivan dominated late rounds after a tight middle of the fight Flaherty tired and went out in the 20th round Time 2 minutes 40 seconds In the preliminary ER Shillforth was disqualified for holding in a 12 round bout with Tommy Dore Dore had the better of the contest Other card Charley Goff defeated Geoffrey Thorne in less than two rounds at the Hercenles A C Brooklyn Time of round 6 seconds.
San Francisco reports D J Tobin has 60 days to deposit 50000 for a syndicate to back the Jeffries versus Corbett fight in this city possibly daylight and outdoors if held here. Brockton notes Crescent Athletic Club bouts with Murphy fighting Marrow sleep knockout, Tierney besting Hanley, and Berkley and Rosenburg delivering a solid contest.
Sporting note on Bhaddie Connolly showing he is not a has been and could reclaim standing by giving up wine for a year. Debate over Jeffries Corbett fight interest wanes. Sharkey denies training Corbett. Feared off match Faherty Downey prompts club secrecy. Lord Methuen of England, famed boxer, reflects boxing roots from his father.
Haverhill on December 21 reports Social Democrats celebrating a victory that saw the election of the mayor three aldermen and three councilmen. Speeches reflected socialist themes throughout the event.
The notice lists corrected train times for Boston and Maine routes from Merrimack Street depot Lowell and Middlesex Street Lowell, with numerous departures to Boston and various connections to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth Augusta Lewiston Bangor St Johnstown and Montreal. It includes Sunday schedules, special routes via steamer, and notes on express services and exceptions.
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